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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Road map D4. * 37,500. n
STR, Volta Libertini 4 (0933-538 09).
_ Festa di San Giacomo (24 Jul).
Transport
V from Catania and Gela (199-
892 021).

R Santa Maria del Monte
At the top of the stairway is the
former Cathedral of Caltagirone,
built in the mid-1500s and then
Coloured majolica tiles, decorating every step of the Santa Maria del Monte staircase rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake.
A slender bell tower, designed by
monumental Santa Maria del Palazzo Senatorio. During the Natale Bonaiuto, was also added.
Monte staircase, with its 142 feast days of San Giacomo (24 & A castle once stood at the top
steps decorated with majolica 25 July) (see p43) the entire flight of the hill. Today, in an area that
tiles. The flight of steps was of stairs is illuminated with was once heavily fortified, can
built in 1606 to link the seat of thousands of lamps, skilfully be found the Sant’Agostino
religious power – the Cathedral arranged to create interesting Convent and San Nicola, both
– with that of civic power, the patterns of lighting effects. constructed in the 18th century.

V I A L E R E G I N A E L E N A

VIA L. STURZO
Santa Maria VIA S. SALVATOR E
del Monte VIA S. SOFI A
Santa Maria VIA C A PPUC C I N I
del Monte
Stairway
V I A G E R B I N O
PIAZZA
San Municipio MARCINNO VIA CIRCONVALLAZIONE DI LEVANTE
Giacomo PIAZZA
MUNICIPIO Gesù
VIA VITTOR IO E MA N U E L E
V I A C E LSO Duomo di San Giuliano 0 metres 300
PIAZZA
UMBERTO I
0 yards 300
V IA M A D O N N A DELLA STE L L A
VIA B O S C A R I
Museo Civico Ponte San
Francesco
San Francesco
d’Assisi VI A A CQ U A N U O VA SE C O N D A
V I A R
V I A C I R C O N V A L L A Z I O N E
Museo Regionale
V I A C R I S T O F O R O C O L O M B O
della Ceramica
O M A V I A R O M A
The Centre of Caltagirone Giardino
1 Piazza Municipio Pubblico
2 Duomo di San Giuliano V I A GIORGIO A R C O L E O
3 Museo Civico
4 San Francesco d’Assisi VIA SANTA MARIA DI GESÙ
5 Giardino Pubblico VIALE PRINCIPE MARIA JOSE 500m (550 yards)
Train Station
6 Museo Regionale della
Ceramica
7 Santa Maria del Monte Stairway
8 Santa Maria del Monte (former
Chiesa Matrice)
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